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The 1990 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens sought re-election to a fifth term (a fourth full term) in the United States Senate, which he won easily, besting his opponents in a landslide.

Open primary

Candidates

Democratic

  • Michael Beasley, perennial candidate
  • Tom Taggart

Republican

Results

Open primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Stevens (Incumbent) 81,968 59.19%
Republican Bob Bird 34,824 25.15%
Democratic Michael Beasley 12,371 8.93%
Democratic Tom Taggart 9,329 6.74%
Total votes 138,492 100.00%

General election

Results

1990 United States Senate election in Alaska[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ted Stevens (Incumbent) 125,806 66.23% −4.94%
Democratic Michael Beasley 61,152 32.19% +3.71%
Write-ins 2,999 1.58%
Majority 64,654 34.04% −8.65%
Turnout 189,957
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Dendy, Dallas L. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF).